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White, Devin AlanIssue Date
2004Keywords
Hohokam culture -- Sonoran Desert.Stone carving -- Sonoran Desert.
Stone implements -- Sonoran Desert.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Sonoran Desert.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Hohokam culture.
Stone carving.
Stone implements.
Sonoran Desert -- Antiquities.
North America -- Sonoran Desert.
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Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 196Citation
White, Devin Alan. 2004. Hohokam Palettes. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 196. Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson.Abstract
This study focuses on one of the few hallmark artifacts from the Hohokam Pre-Classic period: palettes. Previous research on palettes is synthesized and the nature of the prehistoric production, distribution, and use-lives of these artifacts is explored. The term "palette" is found to inadequately and inaccurately describe the many ways in which these artifacts were used within Hohokam society. In its place, the author suggests that the term "tablet" be used for the artifact class. Important byproducts of this study are life-size and highly accurate line drawings of over one thousand palettes, as well as a fully searchable relational database.Type
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enSeries/Report no.
Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series, 196ISBN
18897477429781889747743